Oil in New York halted gains near a three-week high as Iran repeated its goal of boosting exports after sanctions on the country are lifted. Futures were little changed after rising four days to the highest since Dec. 4. Iran’s priority is to boost oil shipments to pre-sanction levels once restrictions are lifted, the country’s IRNA reported, citing Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh. Prices advanced 9.7 percent last week, the biggest gain since August, as U.S. stockpiles tumbled the most in six months. The global glut that’s sent WTI toward its second yearly decline may deepen after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries effectively abandoned output limits earlier this month. Brent, the benchmark for more than half the world’s crude, is poised to end 2015 with the lowest annual average price in 11 years, hurting oil-exporting countries and companies. WTI for February delivery was trading at $37.96 a barrel, […]